Cannes Film Festival 2025 Line-Up Revealed

This year’s Cannes Film Festival line-up has been announced with movies by Wes Anderson, Ari Aster, Kelly Reichardt, Richard Linklater, Oliver Hermanus, Jafar Panahi, and Joachim Trier in competition for the Palme d’Or.

It’s officially confirmed that Chris McQuarrie’s “Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning” will have its world premiere at the fest out of competition. Actors Scarlett Johansson and Harris Dickinson will be there to premiere their separate directing debuts both in the Un Certain Regard section.

Amongst the notable films are all-star ensembles like “Eddington” and “The Phoenician Scheme,” the Paul Mescal and Josh O’Connor-led 1910s gay romance tale “The History of Sound,” the Jodie Foster-led “Vie Privee,” Kelly Reichardt’s Vietnam war set “The Mastermind,” the Alexander Skarsgaard and Harry Melling-led kinky biker tale “Pillion,” Andrew Dominik’s U2 doco “Bono: Stories of Surrender”

Some rumored inclusions that haven’t made the list include Spike Lee’s “Highest 2 Lowest,” Terrence Malick’s “The Way of the Wind” and Kristen Stewart’s “The Chronology of Water”. The titles are:

OPENING FILM
“Leave One Day” (“Partir un Jour”), Amélie Bonnin

COMPETITION
“The Phoenician Scheme,” Wes Anderson
“Eddington,” Ari Aster
“Young Mothers” (“Jeunes Mères”), Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne
“Alpha,” Julia Ducournau
“Renoir,” Hayakawa Chie
“The History of Sound,” Oliver Hermanus
“La Petite Dernière,” Hafsia Herzi
“Sirat,” Oliver Laxe
“New Wave” (“Nouvelle Vague”), Richard Linklater
“Two Prosecutors,” Sergei Loznitsa
“Fuori,” Mario Martone
“The Secret Agent” (“O Secreto Agente”), Kleber Mendonça Filho
“Dossier 137,” Dominik Moll
“Un Simple Accident,” Jafar Panahi
“The Mastermind,” Kelly Reichardt
“Aigles of the Republic,” Tarik Saleh
“Sound of Falling,” Mascha Schilinski
“Romería,” Carla Simón
“Sentimental Value,” Joachim Trier

OUT OF COMPETITION
“Colours of Time,” Cédric Klapisch
“Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning,” Christopher McQuarrie
“The Richest Woman in the World” (“La Femme la Plus Riche du Monde”), Thierry Klifa
“Vie Privée,” Rebecca Zlotowski

UN CERTAIN REGARD
“The Mysterious Gaze of the Flamingo” (“La Misteriosa Mirada del Flamenco”), Diego Céspedes
“Météors,” Hubert Charuel
“My Father’s Shadow,” Akinola Davies Jr.
“L’Inconnu de la Grande Arche,” Stéphane Demoustier
“Urchin,” Harris Dickinson
“Homebound,” Neeraj Ghaywan
“A Pale View of Hills” (“Toi Yamanamino Hikari”), Ishikawa Kei
“Eleanor the Great,” Scarlett Johansson
“Karavan,” Zuzana Kirchnerová
“Pillion,” Harry Lighton
“Aisha Can’t Fly Away,” Morad Mostafa
“Once Upon a Time in Gaza,” Arab Nasser and Tarzan Nasser
“The Plague,” Charlie Polinger
“Promised Sky,” Erige Sehiri
“The Last One for the Road” (“Le Città di Pianura”), Francesco Sossai
“Heads or Tails”? (“Testa o Croce?”), Alessio Rigo de Righi and Matteo Zoppis

SPECIAL SCREENINGS
“Bono: Stories of Surrender,” Andrew Dominik
“Tell Her That I Love Her,” Romane Bohringer
“A Magnificent Life,” Sylvain Chomet

MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
“The Residence” (“Dalloway”), Yann Gozlan
“Exit 8,” Kawamura Genki
“Sons of the Neon Night” (“Feng Lin Huo Shan”), Mak Juno

CANNES PREMIERE
“Amrum,” Fatih Akin
“Splitsville,” Michael Angelo Covino
“The Wave” (“La Ola”), Sebastián Lelio
“Connemara,” Alex Lutz
“Orwell: 2+2=5,” Raoul Peck
“The Disappearance of Josef Mengele” (“Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele”), Kirill Serebrennikov

Juliette Binoche will preside over the jury, while Robert De Niro will receive this year’s honorary Palme d’Or. The Cannes Film Festival runs May 13th-24th.

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